Pagami Creek Fire

Pagami Creek Fire

Fire area seen from space in October 2011
Location Northern Minnesota, USA
Statistics
Date(s) August 18, 2011 - November 2011
Burned area 92,682 acres (375.07 km2)[1]
Cause Lightning strike[1]
Land use Wilderness area, forest
Injuries None
Fatalities None
Pagami Creek smoke plume

The Pagami Creek Fire was a wildfire in Northern Minnesota, USA, that began with a lightning strike on August 18, 2011.[1] After weeks of slow growth, the wildfire quickly spread to over 92,000 acres (370 km2) during several days of hot, dry, windy weather in mid-September.[2] The fire spread beyond the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness to threaten homes and businesses.[3] Smoke from the fires drifted east and south as far as the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Ontario, Chicago, Poland, Ukraine, and Russia.[4][5][6][7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Pagami Creek Fire". InciWeb: Incident Information System. 22 October 2011. Archived from the original on 4 November 2011.
  2. ↑ Pagami Creek Wildfire (PDF), Superior National Forest, December 2011, retrieved 2012-01-15
  3. ↑ Douglas Etten (2011-09-13). "Boundary Waters fire threatening homes, cabins". Lakeland Times. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
  4. ↑ "Smoke from Pagami Creek fire detected over eastern Europe todayWildfire Today". Wildfiretoday.com. 2011-09-16. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
  5. ↑ "Ont. smells smoke from Minnesota forest fire". CTV Toronto. 2011-09-13. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
  6. ↑ "Smoke from Minnesota forest fire makes its way to Chicago's suburbs". Chicago Tribune. 2011-09-13. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
  7. ↑ "Duluth, Minnesota". Duluth News Tribune. 2011-09-15. Retrieved 2011-11-10.

Coordinates: 47°51′18″N 91°20′5″W / 47.85500°N 91.33472°W / 47.85500; -91.33472


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